Blinder.



PATBNTEDAPR. 11,1905.

B. 'DIBDRIGH.

BLI NDER. APPLIOA'I'IOI FILED JULY 1, 1908.

UNITED STATES Patented April 11, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

' BLINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 786,878, dated April'11, 1905. Application filed July 1,1903. Serial No. 163,966.

To all whom it may concern.- 1

Be it known that I, ERNST -DIEDRICH, a

, subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Hamburg, Germany, havelnvented certain new and useful Improvements in Blinders and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

Object of the present invention is a changeable blinder for horses,which is made of celluloid or some similar material.

The blinder is made of celluloid which is supplied with an addition ofsuch color that same cannot be penetrated by chemicallyworking rays oflight. A fold is attached to the back edge of the blinder, and this foldlies in a runner. The blinder can be moved upward in this runner. Therunner is closed downward by an extra piece. In this man-. ner a light,easily changeable, durable, and practical blinder for horses ismanufactured. The blinder is clearly shown in the drawlngs.

Figure 1 is a full view. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is a section ofthe back part of the blinder and the fastening-runner on the line 3 3 ofFig. 1.

a is the blinder. b is the runner. c is the hinder fold of theblinder. dis an inset which is fastened to the runner runner receiving said e eare holes which pass through the runner b and through the inset d. Thefastening of the runner, as Well as the fastening of the blinder to thecheckreins, is made by sewing by means of these holes. The inset d hasthe same thickness as the fold 0. Both parts of the runner (see Fig. 3)are exactly parallel.

j, Fig. 2, is the extra piece by which the two lower parts of the runnerare bound. The blinder cannot, therefore, be pushed up from underneath,but can be inserted only from above.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature. of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is 1. A blinder of celluloid having a fold at one edge, arunner receiving said fold whereby the blinder may be slid therein, andhaving an inset of the same thickness as said foldand the runner andinset provided with coincident holes as and for the purpose specified.

2. A blinder having at one edge a fold, a

ing an inset, and a piece f securing the two lower parts of the runnertogether and closing the end thereof, as and for the purpose set forth.

In Witness whereof I havehereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

' ERNST DIEDRIOI-I.

Witnesses:

E. H. L. MUMMENHOEF, OTTO W. HELLMRICH.

fold slidably and hav-

